Tunnel Hill Coal Bed (Carboniferous to of the United States)

Also known as Maceration 2978

Where: Pope Co. County, Illinois (37.6° N, 88.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 26.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Tradewater Formation, Early/Lower Pennsylvanian to Early/Lower Pennsylvanian (318.1 - 306.9 Ma)

• Upper Morrowan - Lower Atokan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: coalified

Primary reference: R. A. Peppers. 1996. Palynological Correlation of major Pennsylvanian (Middle and Upper Carboniferous) chronostratigraphic boundaries in the Illinois and other coal basins. Geological Society of America Memoir 188:1-111 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 126926: authorized by Roy Plotnick, entered by Jennifer Bauer on 20.04.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sinuspores sinuatus, Pustulatisporties crenatus, Ahrensisporites guerickei, Grumosisporites varioreticulatus, Crassispora kosankei, Granasporites medius, Alatisporites sp., Hymenospora multirugosa, Renisporites confossus, Vestispora irregularis, Wilsonites circularis, Quasillinites diversiformis
Endosporites
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Endosporites globiformis
Punctatisporites
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Punctatisporites minutus, Punctatisporites glaber
Punctatisporites glaber Playford 1962
Pteridopsida
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Granulatisporites adnatoides, Granulatisporites piroformis, Deltoidospora levis, Apiculatasporites variocorneus, Apiculatasporites sp.
Apiculatasporites sp. Ibrahim 1933
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Laevigatosporites desmoinesensis
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
Convolutispora florida, Convolutispora sp.
Convolutispora sp. Hoffmeister et al. 1955
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Verrucosisporites microtuberosus
Lycopsida
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Planisporites granifer, Lycospora granulata, Lycospora micropapillata, Lycospora noctuina, Lycospora pellucida, Lycospora pusilla
Microreticulatisporites
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Microreticulatisporites harrisonii
Cyclogranisporites
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Cyclogranisporites minutus, Cyclogranisporites sp.
Cyclogranisporites sp. Potonié and Kremp 1954
Cristatisporites
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Cristatisporites indignabundus
Lycopodiopsida
 Lycopodiales - Lycopodiaceae
Reticulatisporites polygonalis, Reticulatisporites sp.
Reticulatisporites sp. Ibrahim 1933 clubmoss
Dictyotriletes
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Dictyotriletes bireticulatus
Triquitrites
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Triquitrites bransonii
Florinites
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Florinites volans
Knoxisporites
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Knoxisporites stephanephorus, Knoxisporites sp.
Knoxisporites sp. Potonie and Kremp 1954
Sphenopsida
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Calamospora spp.
Calamospora spp. Schopf et al.
Densosporites
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Densosporites annulatus, Densosporites sphaerotriangularis, Densosporites triangularis